Alliston v. City of Allentown

Opinion by

President Judge Crumlish, Jr.,

Rodney Alliston, with other former employees1 of the City of Allentown, appeals a Lehigh County Common Pleas Court order remanding an arbitration award for clarification. We affirm in part and reverse in part.2

The City of Allentown and appellants voluntarily submitted a “cost-of-living payment to terminated employees” dispute to arbitration. His award, favoring the employees, included a finding that, when they terminated their employment prior to the quarterly cost-of-living payment, the City was required to make a final payment to them even though they…